LEWIS MARK BUSHONG Born: 3 November 1902, Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio, s/o James Alfred Bushong & Julia Marks Died: Between 1927 and 1929, Allen County, Ohio Burial: Unknown, Body never found Married: Lucille Bowers 4 children:Twins Kathryn & Harold Eugene and Virginia and Margaret LUCILLE BOWERS Born: 1918, Ohio Died: Unknown Married Twice: M/1: Lewis Mark Bushong M/2: 26 January 1929, Van Wert County, Ohio to Frank L. Smith ------------------ 1910 Federal Census: Ohio Pleasant Township, Columbus Grove Village, Putnam County James A. Bushong Head/Male/White/38/Married/OH/OH/OH Julia Bushong Wife/Female/White/35/KeepingHouse/OH/PA/VA LILLY M. BUSHONG Dau/Female/White/16/AttendedSchool/OH/OH/OH Ruth M. Bushong Dau/Female/White/14/AttendedSchool/OH/OH/OH Loma Bushong Dau/Female/White/12/AttendedSchool/OH/OH/OH Della Bushong Dau/Female/White/10/AttendedSchool/OH/OH/OH Lewis M. Bushong Son/Male/White/7/AttendedSchool/OH/OH/OH Alfred G. Bushong Son/Male/White/2/OH/OH/OH ------------------- Putnam County Ohio Birth Records TWINS Kathryn Bushong Born 4 September 1919 Father: Lewis Bushong Mother: Lucile Bowers Harold Eugene Bushong Born 4 September 1919 Father: Lewis Bushong Mother: Lucile Bowers Death Certificate #54945 County: Putnam Village: Columbus Grove Date of Death: 29 September 1919 Name of Deceased: Harold Eugene Bushong Male, White, Age 25 days Burial: 30 September 1919, Bogart Cemetery, Putnam County, Ohio Date of Birth: 4 September 1919, Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio Father: Lewis M. Bushong, born Ohio Mother: Lusial (Lucile) Bowers, born Ohio Informant: Lewis M. Bushong, (Father) ------------------- 1920 Federal Census: Ohio Wapakoneta, Auglaize County Louis Bushong Head/Male/White/19/Married/OH/OH/OH Lucile Bushong Wife/Female/White/18/OH/OH/OH Catherine M. Bushong Dau/Female/White/4mos/OH/OH/OH {Twin of Harold Eugene Bushong, deceased} --------------------- Between 1927 and 1929 Lewis Mark Bushong disappeared. His truck was found by the side of a road empty with the keys in it and his wallet on the seat. No one has ever found his body. Foul play was suspected. ---------------------- Van Wert County Marriage Records Date of Marriage: 26 January 1929 Married by Justice of the Peace W. S. Griffin GROOM: Frank L. Smith, age 26 Son of Charles E. Smith and Tressie Oniska BRIDE: Mrs. Lucille Bushong, age 26 Daughter of Bert Bowers and Sadie Stettler ----------------------- 1930 Federal Census: Ohio Pleasant Township, Columbus Grove Village, Putnam County Alfred J. Bushong Head/Male/White/58/Married/Farmer/OH/OH/OH Julia Bushong Wife/Female/White/55/OH/PA/VA ALFRED G. BUSHONG Son/Male/White/22/Single/OH/OH/OH Catherine M. Bushong Granddau/Female/White/10/AttendedSchool/OH/OH/OH {d/o Lewis Mark Bushong} Virginia R. Bushong Granddau/Female/White/7/OH/OH/OH {d/o Lewis Mark Bushong} ----------------------- 1930 Federal Census: Ohio Lima, Allen County Frank L. Smith Head/Male/White/26/Married/OH/OH/OH LUCILLE E. SMITH Wife/Female/White/29/OH/OH/OH Margaret L. Bushong StepDau/Female/White/5/OH/OH/OH ----------------------------- 1940 Federal Census: Ohio Lima, Ottawa Township, Ward 6, ED 2-54, Allen County Enumerated 14 April 1940 Page 835B, Sheet 9 Lines 56-58, HH 782 South Elizabeth Street Frank L. Smith Head/Male/White/37/Married/4thGradeEd/LaborerSteamLocomotiveWorks/BornOH Lucille E. Smith Wife/Female/White/39/7thGradeEd/BornOH Margaret L. Bushong StepDau/Female/White/15/AttendingHS/BornOH {Daughter of Lewis Mark Bushong} ----------------------- Researched and Submitted by Gloria Neiger Bushong